Appointment of a New Trustee for the Wi Pere Trust
COBHAM, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington this 30th day of August 1961
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
Pursuant to subsection (2) (a) of section 15 of the Maori Purposes Act 1938, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby appoints Robert Graham Dobson, of Gisborne, to be a trustee of the Wi Pere Trust Estate in the place of Harold Walter Symes, resigned.

T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council. (M.A. 26/10)

Setting Apart Maori Freehold Land as a Maori Reservation
COBHAM, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington this 30th day of August 1961
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
Pursuant to section 439 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby sets apart the Maori freehold land described in the Schedule hereto as a Maori reservation for the purposes of a marae, community centre, meeting place, landing place, recreation ground, church site, and burial ground for the common use and benefit of the Maori people of the City of Wanganui and the surrounding districts.

SCHEDULE
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT
Land Aramoho 5B (part) Block and Survey District III, Westmere Area A. R. P. 2 1 31

T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council. (M.A. 21/3/389)

The Hawke's Bay Rabbit District Order 1961 (Notice No. Ag. 7376)
COBHAM, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington this 30th day of August 1961
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
Pursuant to the Rabbits Act 1955, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby makes the following order.

ORDER

1. (1) This order may be cited as the Hawke’s Bay Rabbit District Order 1961.
   (2) This order shall come into force on the day after the date of its notification in the Gazette.
2. The boundaries of the Hawke's Bay Rabbit District, which was constituted by Order in Council on the 5th day of January 1887,* are hereby altered and redefined and, as from the commencement of this order, the boundaries of the said district shall be those specified in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE
BOUNDARIES OF THE HAWKE'S BAY RABBIT DISTRICT
ALL that area in the South Auckland, Wellington, and Hawke’s Bay Land Districts containing 605,000 acres approximately, bounded by a line commencing at the source of the Rangitikei River, near Trig. Station D, Ngapuketurua, in Block VII, Waiotaka Survey District, and proceeding easterly along a right line to Trig. Station 41, Maungarangi, in Block VII, Ahipaepae Survey District; thence south-easterly along a right line to the middle of the Mohaka River at its confluence with the Mangatanguru (Kowhai) Stream; thence down the middle of that river to its intersection by the production of a right line through Trig. Station 68A in Block XIII, Kaweka Survey District, and Trig. Station 65A in Block XXI, Kaweka Survey District; thence south-westerly along that line to the said Trig. Station 65A; thence south-easterly along a right line in the direction of Trig. Station H, Don Juan, in Block V, Patoka Survey District, to the middle of the Donald River; thence down the middle of that river to and down the middle of the Tutaekuri River to the sea coast; thence southerly along the sea coast to and up the middle of the Tukituki River to a point in line with the middle of River Road in Block I, B

Kidnapper Survey District; thence westerly to and along the middle of that road to and along the middle of the Hastings-Waimarama road, through the Borough of Havelock North and north-westerly to the middle of Heretaunga Street in the City of Hastings and along the middle of that street to and along the middle of Omahu Road and along the middle of the Hastings-Fernhill road to and northerly generally along the middle of No. 50 State Highway to the middle of the Ngaruroro River; thence up the middle of that river to and up the middle of the Taruarau River, to and up the middle of the Ikawatea Stream, to and up the middle of the Makirikiri Stream to a point in line with the southern boundary of Lot 1, D.P. 4711, Wellington Land Registration District; thence westerly along that boundary to W (pipe on D.P. 4711) on the summit of the Ruahine Range; thence southerly generally along that summit to the south-western boundary of the Hawke’s Bay County as described in Gazette, 1960, page 1316; thence north-westerly along a right line to Trig. Station 30 (Aorangi) in Block XI, Pukeokahu Survey District; thence south-westerly along a right line in the direction of Trig. Station 32 (Papakai) to the middle of the Rangitikei River; hence up the middle of that river to its source, being the point of commencement.

T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.
*Gazette, 1887, Vol. I, p. 3

Exempting Land in the South Auckland Land District from the Operation of Part III of the Coal Mines Act 1925
COBHAM, Governor-General
Pursuant to the Coal Mines Act 1925, His Excellency the Governor-General hereby gives the following notice:

NOTICE
The land described in the Schedule hereto is hereby exempted from the operation of Part III of the Coal Mines Act 1925.

SCHEDULE
All that piece of land containing 3 roods 31·5 perches, more or less, being Lot 2 on a subdivisional plan of part of Allotment 62B, Koheroa Parish, and part of Section 1s, Kopuku No. 2 Settlement, and being part of the land in certificate of title, Volume 683, folio 228 (Auckland Land Registry), excepting therefrom all coal, fireclay, and other minerals within the said land, which is more particularly delineated on Plan 5/1/89-2 filed in the Head Office of the Mines Department at Wellington.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 22nd day of August 1961.

T. P. SHAND, Minister of Mines. (Mines 5/1/89–2)

Managers for Pauatahanui Burial Ground Appointed
COBHAM, Governor-General
Pursuant to the Cemeteries Act 1908, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint James Lucas, of Upper Hutt, William Albert Weldon, of Pauatahanui, Ormond Michael Lane, of Pauatahanui, Arthur Neville Burt, of Paraparaumu, Neil Graham Taylor, of Pauatahanui, and John Douglas Barclay, of Pauatahanui, to be the managers of the Pauatahanui Burial Ground in place of the said John Douglas Barclay and of Benjamin John Mitchell Brown and James Gray, who have died.

Dated at Wellington this 25th day of August 1961.

NORMAN L. SHELTON, Minister of Health. (H.H. 61/4)

Appointments in the Royal New Zealand Navy
Pursuant to the Navy Act 1954, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointments and promotions in the Royal New Zealand Navy:

Acting Lieutenant Commander O. L. D. Claridge, B.Sc., confirmed in rank with seniority of 5 April 1960, to date 5 April 1961.
Lieutenant F. W. P. Townend, promoted to rank of Lieutenant Commander and reappointed, to date 1 July 1961.
Lieutenant T. A. Riddell, promoted to rank of Lieutenant Commander and reappointed, to date 16 July 1961.
Acting Sub-Lieutenant T. Arthurs, confirmed in rank with seniority of 1 January 1960, to date 1 July 1961.
Third Officer E. S. Morris, promoted to rank of Second Officer and reappointed, to date 30 June 1961.
Richard Norman Lyon, re-entered in the RNZN, to date 6 July 1961, under a short-service commission in the rank of Engineer Lieutenant (Supplementary List).
Ian McKenzie Fraser, N.Z.11596, Radio Supervisor, promoted to rank of Acting Sub-Lieutenant (SD), to date 19 June 1961.

Dated at Wellington this 25th day of August 1961.

DEAN J. EYRE, Minister of Defence.